SUMMARY: Oregon Medical Marijuana Act currently allows
registered patients to possess/deliver/produce limited amounts of marijuana
for medical purposes. Current law prohibits all marijuana sales, including
sales to patients. Measure creates licensing program for nonprofit, regulated
medical marijuana dispensaries, which may supply six pounds marijuana yearly
per patient. Permits dispensaries to sell marijuana to registered patients/caregivers;
percentage of proceeds funds program. Requires dispensaries to provide indigent
patients marijuana. Requires county health departments in counties without
licensed dispensaries to become dispensaries and supply marijuana to registered
patients. Allows designated caregivers to sell marijuana to their registered
patients. Increases marijuana registered patients may possess to ten mature
plants, any number seedlings, one pound usable marijuana (six pounds if patient
grows only one crop yearly). Other provisions.

ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: The measure would require
state expenditures of $340,000 to $560,000 per year on a recurring basis,
with additional one-time start-up costs of $135,000. All but $75,000 of these
costs may be offset by fees to be established by the Department of Human Services
as provided in the measure. The financial effect on local government revenues
and expenditures cannot be determined.